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April 29th 2012
April 29, 2012 – Margate Here we are in Margate, visiting with my cousin Susan Marsh, her husband Eric and son Stephen. We have been so humbled and grateful to Susan, Eric and Stephen for taking the time to meet us in Margate, and so kindly show us the town. We saw the home that my Grandfather lived in, and the RAF base where he worked – we think prior to 1920. We visited the Tate Gallery, where a Turner exhibition is on display, and also Rodin's sculpture “The Kiss” (our bit of culture!) and museums at the airfield. But so far, the most astonishing thing we've seen is the Shell Grotto. The Shell Grotto is situated on Shell Grotto Hill, Margate (a small back street in the middle of town) – and is absolutely amazing. ... read more
April 24th 2012
When we arrived there was a slight drizzle, then once we began setting up camp the rain got heavier. But once the cover is off and the tent is unfolded, your pretty much done, as everything else was under cover or could be setup from inside the tent. When you arrive at the circuit, there's a road to your left just before the main gate which takes you round to the camping field. The information e-mail warned there would be no facilities, which i assumed meant there were no showers or shops, but in fact this meant the only thing in the field, were water taps and bins, being a bloke, this was not too much of an inconvenience. The next morning there was a fair bit of moisture in the air from the night of ... read more
March 31st 2012
Saturday 31st March 2012 Off again on our travels!! Departed Wool at 10ish and travelled to Folkestone arriving at Club site at Densole (Folkestone) by 2pm Extremely cold !! Quiet evening.... read more
March 21st 2012
Well this time last year we were only talking about a trip to Morocco, now its a reality and the start line is getting closer!! Managed to pick up a set of roof bars for the truck last weekend so the Kanga roof tent could finally be fitted, now I've just got to wait for a chance to take it out for a dry run. Yesterday DK managed to pick himself up a canopy for his L200 so his list of mod's are almost complete as he already had roof bars for his tent, but it wasn't until this weekend we were able to fit them on the trucks. One thing we found on my setup was that because my truck is lifted, the ladder goes vertical, so I'm now on the look out for ... read more
March 11th 2012
Now because of the size of the van we were unable to get it repaired by any of the garages that we were surrounded by on the Industrial estate so we had to call the RAC who then called for a huge lorry to transport us to a garage big enough to repair the van which was about 20 miles away from where we broke down and about 10 miles from Folkeston to a town called Smeeth? Taking advantage of the bad situation I booked us into the Folkeston Brittania hotel and was able to get the same £50 deal as allways and again paid the extra tenner for the dog. 1 night turned to 2 nights as the van was still not fixed so we pure pigged out on the all you can eat menu ... read more
Weekend in London With a Day Trip to Dover
Published: February 28th 2012Europe » United Kingdom » England » Kent » Dover
February 19th 2012
This weekend we stayed in town to try and save some of our pennies. Here's what we did: Thursday night: It's the season for the Italian/Latin Carnivale, where people dress up in beautiful costumes and party just before Lent begins (40 days before Easter). So in honour of the tradition, Mike's school (CTLS) held a Carnivale party. We decided to stray a bit from the traditional elegant masks and wear masks of famous people. Mike was where's Waldo (or in the UK, Where's Wally? or in French, Ou est Charlie?), and Elysia dressed as a female Mr. Bean. She really wanted to wear the face of the queen, but Mike thought that was tacky (although later at the party we found people dressed as the entire royal family, so we weren't the only famous people there). ... read more
February 15th 2012
So I'm not all that impressed with Dover, the city anyway. The cliffs and the castle were great, but everything else not so much. My day started off good. I left Canterbury, took a short train ride to Dover, and had breakfast at one of the little cafes in the main market area. Then I went to the castle. It was amazing! It was massive, with numerous buildings spread out over the top of the white cliffs. You could see it from just about anywhere in town. The first thing I did was a tour of the wartime tunnels. The first level I toured was the middle one, originally built in the late 1700's. The tour mainly focused on the role it played in WWII, especially the evacuation of Dunkirk. It managed communications and monitored ships ... read more
February 14th 2012
The first stop on my tour of south-east England is Canterbury, home of one of the grandest cathedrals in England. It was where I headed first and it was everything it was built up to be. It was stunning, with amazing architecture and stained glass windows. It wasn't crowded, so I got a very unhindered view of it. I can only imagine what it was like during its heyday. Next I walked around the streets, eventually making my way to the Norman castle. It wasn't much, just four walls with a hollow inside, but when you think about how much effort and time went into building you get a whole new appreciation for it. A building like this took lifetimes to build. I met Amy there and then we walked down High Street, looking at the ... read more
January 11th 2012
Wow, the things you remember when you Google yourself. Guess what I've stumbled across? No, not porn, surprising though that is. I found this place again! So, I've created a bit of a bucket list of places I want to travel to before I die (which will be many years from now I hope!). I'll get to that another time, right now I'm packing my bags and heading for... Scotland! Heh, not exactly far flung, but still its travelling, and visiting places. Annnnyway, I'm digressing. Basically, I'm headed to North Yorkshire on friday morning, stopping off for a family social visit overnight and then its off to Glencoe for a week. I'll type up a blog each day and post it here when I get home, because I have no internet where I'm staying this time. ... read more
December 25th 2011
Merry Christmas!!!! Happy Christmas everyone!!! I've had a lovely couple of days with Nick and my future in-laws. I've really enjoyed Christmas morning with Nick, Karen, and Alice. Christmas Dinner and presents with Nicks Grandparents, Del, Kerry, and Alfie. And today the family do, I've had a great Christmas. I hope you all did too. Love Naomi (and Nick) xx... read more
